SuSE 11 Security Update : Ghostscript (SAT Patch Number 752)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41395

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

With this update the ghostscript-libarary four vulnerabilities were fixed :

- heap-overflow in JBIG2 decoder. (CVE-2009-0196)

- integer overflow in ICC library. (CVE-2009-0792)

- crash in CCITTFax decoder

- buffer overflow in BaseFont writer module

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 752.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489622

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491897

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492765

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0196.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0792.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41395

File Name: suse_11_ghostscript-devel-090407.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-fonts-other, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-fonts-rus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-fonts-std, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-library, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-omni, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgimpprint, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0196, CVE-2009-0792

CWE: 119, 189